Estate taxes

Comparing the tax platforms of the Democratic candidates.

Michael Bloomberg said Saturday he would raise taxes on the wealthy, increase the corporate tax rate, and curb tax-free inheritances of large estates, elements of a tax plan that he says would raise $5 trillion over a decade.

One way the rich get richer is through inheritance, and they’re barely paying taxes on it.

Final regulations confirm that individuals who take advantage of the increased gift and estate tax exclusion amounts that are in effect from 2018 to 2025 under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act won’t be adversely affected after 2025.

Rep. Jimmy Gomez, D-Calif., introduced legislation Friday modeled after the estate tax bill sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.

Some of the top Democratic presidential candidates are trying to make a name for themselves by calling for higher taxes on the wealthy.

The American Institute of CPAs is asking the Treasury and the IRS about their proposed regulations on estate and gift taxes under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The Vermont senator is considering a second run for president, and said his plan would apply to the wealthiest 0.2 percent of Americans

A trio of Republican senators has reintroduced legislation to get rid of estate taxes completely.

The traditional talk that CPAs have with their clients has been upended thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

The Internal Revenue Service’s recent proposal to extend gift and estate tax exemptions beyond 2025 could spur some large transfers of wealth.

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Individuals who give lots of gifts to their heirs under a generous but temporary provision of the 2017 Republican tax overhaul won’t later owe taxes on them.

Wealthy taxpayers taking advantage of the increased limits won’t have to worry about them expiring so soon.

LG Chairman Koo Kwang-mo would be a billionaire in most countries.

The billionaire had no spouse or children to divide his empire. But there are many others with interests at stake.

New York City will seek any taxes that President Donald Trump should have paid for money he received from his late father, Mayor Bill de Blasio said, following a New York Times report on the transactions.

New York state tax authorities have opened an investigation into allegations reported in the New York Times that President Donald Trump and his family created their real estate empire through “instances of outright fraud,” evading taxes on hundreds of millions of dollars.

President Donald Trump dismissed allegations in a New York Times story that he had received vastly more money from his father than previously admitted — in possible violation of tax laws — as “very old” and “boring.”

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